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In Christianity, a schism occurs when a single religious body divides and becomes two separate religious bodies. The split can be violent or nonviolent but results in at least one of the two newly-created bodies considering itself distinct from the other. This article covers schisms in Christianity . In the early Christian church, the formation ...
Syriac Christianity (Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are expressed in the Classical Syriac language, a variation of the old Aramaic language.
The Syriac language (/ ˈ s ɪr i æ k / SIH-ree-ak; Classical Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and as Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect.
schism, in Christianity, a break in the unity of the church. In the early church, “schism” was used to describe those groups that broke with the church and established rival churches. The term originally referred to those divisions that were caused by disagreement over something other than basic doctrine. Thus, the schismatic group was not ...
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The East-West Schism (sometimes also called Great Schism or the Schism of 1054) describes how Christianity split into two big branches called denominations in the Middle Ages. The Western part became the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern part became the Eastern Orthodox Church. During the centuries, views on politics and theology developed ...
4 days ago · Christianity - Schism, Reformation, Doctrine: A major factor in the consolidation and expansion of Christianity in the West was the growth in the prestige and power of the bishop of Rome. The pope St. Leo I made the primacy of the Roman bishop explicit both in theory and in practice and must be counted as one of the most important figures in the history of the centralization of authority in ...
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Mar 28, 2008 · Part I Christianity: Regional Developments; Part II Christianity Contested; 5 Religious dynamics between Christians and Jews in late antiquity (312–640) 6 Christianity and paganism, I: Egypt; 7 Christianity and paganism, II: Asia Minor; 8 Christianity and paganism, III: Italy; 9 Christianity and paganism, IV: North Africa
